Fbank mccabe



(No Model.) v F. MGGABE.

FAUGBT. I I No. 299,564. Patented June 3, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MCOABE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,564, dated June 3,18,84.

Application filed May 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK McOABE, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have .invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of the invention is to swivel the screw-spindle whichoperates the valve to a ring or washer held between the screw cap and ashoulder of the tube in which the spindle works, as hereinafterdescribed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a faucet of my improvedconstruction. Fig. 2 isa plan view with the cap and spindle removed.Fig. 3 is an end view of the faucet, and Fig. 4 shows the split washerwhich is employed.

A is the body of the faucet, of usual construction. B is the spindle, Gthe seatingpiece, D the holding-washer, and E the screw- 7 cap, of thefaucet. The piece 0 is hollow or cup shape, and threaded internally toreceive the threaded end of the spindle B, and the piece 0 is made withside lugs, a, entering grooves in the side of the bore. The spindle maybe formed with a flange extending be- 0 tween cap E and the faucet-body,to prevent end movement of the spindle; or it may be made with a groove,as shown, to receive the split washer D for the same purpose. By thisconstruction the seating-piece is made the 5 spindleturner, and risesand falls without turning, so that the packing b is not rotated on theseat, thereby securing durability in the packing, and less wear thanwhen the packing is attached to the rotating spindle.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a faucet, the combination of a split washer, D, a spindle, B, havingan annular 45 groove just. above its thread to receive said washer, avalve-case rabbeted on the inside of its upper end to rigidly supportthe ring, and the screw-cap E, whereby the spindle is prevented frommoving longitudinally as well as 50 laterally, and thus all lost motionis avoided.

FRANK MOGABE.

